The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-03-09
ATKINS BOND-$5O,OOO.

AT the request of parties at Atkins
we publish their bond with pleasure:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
THAT WE, Il. A. Darr, l.. ID. Ford, j.
A. Bost, "A. Roberts, j. +. Darr, ID. j..
Warren, j. M. Yandell, j. w. Dickey,
Fl. w. Groom, M. Bejack, Eph Epstein.
j. A. Westerfield, ST., j. A. Wester-
field, Jr., G.. w. Harrison, Charles
Lewis, j. e. Joyner, j. G. Darr, A. Il.
Embry, w. S. Hinton. j. II. Potts, w.
A. Galloway, G. Bell, w. p. LazenbS,
A. j. Groom, A. j, Sisney, J..H. Ep-
stein, Emanuel, Peck, C. E. Campbell,
l. r. Turner, III. v. Cockrell and VIM.
Reynolds acknowledge ourselves to owe
and be indebted for the use of Pope
County to r. 0. Morton, w. NJ. Bell,
and Joseph Howard commissioners ap-
pointed by the Pope county court on
21st day of July. 1886, at special term
of sand court in the sum of fifty thous-
and dollars, for the payment of which
well and truly to be made, we bind our
selves, our heirs, executors and admin
istrators firmly by these presents.
Signed and sealed this 26th day Of
August, 1856.
The condition of the above obligation
| is such, that whereas pursuant to petit
| lions fild in the Pope county court, an
election has been ordered by said court
to be held on the 9th day of September
| 1856, submitting to the qualified voters
of Pope county the following PROPOSE
tons, to-wit:
FIRsT-Shall the County Seat be re-
moved or changed?
SECOND Shall the County Seat be re-
moved from Dover to Russellville?
THRD-Shall the County Seat be re-
moved from Dover to Atkins?
And whereas. a certain Lot in the
town of Atkins has been donated to the
County OF Pope as Il site for the Court
House, in the event of the locating of
the County Seat of Pope county at
Atkins.
Now. if upon the location of the
County Seat of said county at Atkins
at said election'or any subsequent cleo
ton held pursuant TO said petitions, the
bounden Il. A. Darr, l.. ID. Ford, j A.
Bost, A. Roberts, j. +. Darr, d. j.
Warren, j. M. Yandell, j. w. Dickey,
III. w. Groom, NJ. Bejack, Eph Epstein,
j. A. Westerfield, ST., j. A. Wester-
field, jr., G. w. Harrison, Charles Lew
is, j. E. Joyner, j, G. Darr, A. L. EN-
bry, w. S. Hinton, j. II. Potts, w. A.
Galloway, G. Bell, w. p. Lazenby. A.
j. Groom, A. j. Sisney, j. ii. Epstein,
Emanuel Peck, G. X. Campbell, r.
Turner, II. V Coekrell. and VIM Rey.
nolds shall erect or cause to be erected
upon the Lot so donated at their own
cost and without cost to said county
within eighteen months after the loca-
ton of the County Seat at Atkins, a
two story brick court house not less
than forty-six feet in width, sixty
eight feet in length and thirty-two feet
in height with two brick partition
walls in first story full length of build
ing and containing two clerks offices,
rooms for sherifl's, and treasurer's OF
fees, grand jury and petit jury rooms
and a large and comfortable court
room, with sufficient doors for comfort
and convenience of said building, not
less than twenty windows in the first
story and twenty-five in the second
story, all outside openings TO be finish
ed with dressed stone or iron stills, all
| flooring and ceiling to be dressed and
matched, all inside brick walls to be
plaslered with white hard finish, all
dressed wood work to be we'll painted
| and said conrt house to be covered
with a tin roof, and all said work to
| be done in neat and workmanlike
manner; also substantial Jail nol
less than twenty-four feet by thirty
| six feet in size, to be constructed Of
stone, wood and iron with good sub
stantial roof and shall construct and
build both said court house and jail in
substantial any workmanlike manner
and without cost or expense to said
county and shall donate the same to
the county-then this obligation to be
void; else to remain in full force and
effect.
Witness our hands and seaIs the day